Eidos Seek 90% Score & Cover For Arkham Asylum In Exchange For Early Review?

[Krakn3Dfx]

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"This means that if you see a mag turn up within the next few weeks (ding!) that features Arkham Asylum on its cover (ding!) and gives it at least 90% (ding ding ding!), you have a winner."

Crazy that they would do something like this yet again, especially when they've been bought by Square Enix anyway...

 

[Maximilian]

I imagine a lot of devs/publishers do this, hence the great reviews for crap games i sometimes see.

 

[mmnno]

Jesus christ, it's Kane and Lynch all over again

 

[gorcorps]

Where'd they get this info? Sounds like a load of BS to me until I see a source. I mean I wouldn't put it past Eidos to try such a thing, but I also expect certain news to come with a credible source. I'll be renting this game at the very least, and I hope it will be up to my expectations (which are fairly high).

 

[J]

"Eidos has tampered with review scores in the past. The company and its various PR firms requested that editors sit on reviews of Tomb Raider: Underworld that scored under 8 out of 10. The company admitted that it wanted to control its overall Metacritic score until a week after the game's release. "Just to ensure that we don't put people off buying the game," an Eidos press contact admitted."